10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRIGIL»
Discover the use of
strigil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
strigil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Metal Objects (1952-1989)
465 (IM 1 140). Bronze strigil PL 73 L. 0.21 m. Tr. 9, 1956; NB 1 1, p. 104. Well-
preserved strigil handle, like that of 464. Archaic to Classical periods. 466 (IM
3426). Iron strigil PI. 73 L. 0.21 m. West Foundation, sector P, 1962; NB 43, p. 102
.
Isabelle Kelly Raubitschek
2
Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan: in the ...
STRIGIL. Etruscan type; handle in the form of a knotted stem; end broken off.
Length loj in. Palestrina, 1847 ; found with the cista, No. 744. Blade broken. 2430.
STRIGIL. Etruscan type ; broad blade ; handle made in a separate piece. Length
&l ...
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Henry Beauchamp Walters, 1899
3
Aquatic Insects of California: With Keys to North American ...
However, curious cases of reversed symmetry have been recorded. For example,
Hunger- ford (1948) reports two sinistral specimens in a series of six hundred
males of Hesperocorixa laevigata (Uhl.). A so-called strigil (which apparently has
...
Robert Leslie Usinger, 1956
4
The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World
Two common Hellenistic Athenian grave gifts provide a case study.46 Both the
bronze mirror and the strigil had long been common tools ofdaily personal care,
frequently pictured in the vase paintings and funerary sculpture of the Archaic ...
5
Monumenta graeca et romana: Civil and military architecture
Cat. No. 46 Etruscan (?) Strigil (Scraper) 4th-mid 3rd centuries BCE Bronze;
Length 24.5 cm. Ex. Coll. Museo Archeologico, Florence (no. 78101), purchased
in 1899; from Grotte San Stefano, according to the dealer (source: MANF records)
.
6
Green Barbarians: Live Bravely on Your Home Planet
olive oil and striGil The Romans didn't use soap at all, but rather rubbed olive oil
all over their skin, then scraped the oil off—along with dirt, grease, sweat, body
oils, and dead skin cells—with a metal scraper called a strigil. The Romans also ...
7
Symphosius The Aenigmata: An Introduction, Text and Commentary
88 does not contain the word corpus, the strigil's use on a person's body recalls
corpus in Aenig. 87.3; cf. 86.1. 1 rubida, curva, capax: of these three adjectives,
only curva has not been challenged; cf. the Pergamene strigil described at Mart.
first is scraping his outstretched arm with a strigil, the second stands idle with one
hand resting on his hip, the third is feeling the edge of a strigil with the finger of
the other hand to ascertain its sharpness; from which we may infer that the ...
G. Clarke, William Clarke (architect.), Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), 1836
9
Greek Athletics and the Genesis of Sport
been anointing themselves for exercise in the first place, and there should have
been no need for them to use a strigil to scrape off nonexistent oil. It appears,
then, that the strigil was used simply for scraping the skin, regardless of whether
the ...
10
Cacti of the Trans-Pecos & Adjacent Areas
Opuntia strigil Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 290. 1856. MARBLE- FRUIT
PRICKLY PEAR. Plates 62, 63. Shallow soils, limestone hills, mesas, and
canyons, W Stockton Plateau. Western Reeves, Pecos, Terrell and Val Verde
counties.
A. Michael Powell, James F. Weedin, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRIGIL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
strigil is used in the context of the following news items.
J. Paul Getty Museum Presents Power and Pathos; Most …
A good example is the figure of an athlete shown holding a strigil, a curved blade used to scrape oil and dirt off the skin, known in Greek as the apoxyomenos or ... «The Pappas Post, Jul 15»
Hellenistic bronze exhibit makes an unprecedented showing
A good example is the figure of an athlete shown holding a strigil, a curved blade used to scrape oil and dirt off the skin, known in Greek as the apoxyomenos or ... «Popular Archaeology, Jul 15»
Body of truth, pride and societal mores
Another wrestler, his eyes fiercely focused — perhaps on the fight to come — holds a metal scraper or strigil (now missing) to remove the oil mixed with dust that ... «gulfnews.com, May 15»
Exhibition review: Defining Beauty at the British Museum
Scraping his supple thigh with a strigil, he transports us to the wrestling school in which Grecian youths competed, honing their fitness for moral and military ... «Country Life, May 15»
Out top arts events around the world this week: How China has …
One particularly striking piece is of an athlete, scraping his body with a strigil after exercising. The sculpture was taken from the seabed in Croatia in 1999 and, ... «The National, Apr 15»
Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World …
It also yields some thrilling — and unprecedented — juxtapositions, such as bringing together different versions of a statue known as the Apoxyomenos (strigil ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art, British Museum
... with a metal instrument called a strigil (though the implement is missing). The beautiful bronze figure (detail pictured below; Mali Lošinj, Croatia), boyish and ... «The Arts Desk, Mar 15»
¿Cómo se bañaban en la antigüedad?
El strigil era una espátula de hierro de 30 centímetros, utilizada por los antiguos griegos y romanos para fregar la piel. Anteriormente, se untaban con aceite. «La Hora, Feb 15»
Vatican to loan famed Belvedere Torso to British Museum
Another prize exhibit, on loan from Croatia, is a figure of a nude athlete scraping his body with a strigil – a metal tool used by Greek and Roman athletes after ... «The Independent, Jan 15»
How the Romans taught Latin (NM Gwynne would not approve)
Two friends go the baths (towel, strigil, face-cloth, foot-cloth, oil, soap) and hand their clothes to the slave to guard against theft. They exercise with a ball and ... «Spectator.co.uk, Dec 14»
